Procrastination
PROCRASTINATION by April Halprin Wayland Ancient dog circled in the grass round and round to tamp it down I am dog circling, too round and round as all dogs do round my homework, round my desk finally, working then I rest. published in Cricket Magazine December 2002 also published in my novel in poems, GIRL COMING […]
I Am Standing
Girl on Land…………………….Boy at Sea
I am standing…………………….I am standing
The Glove Box
Today, while we were driving home
The glove box opened on its own …
Fire Ants
Flood waters rise!
Quick, form a ball—
our larvae, pupae, eggs and Mother Queen inside!
The Peanut Guy—A Limerick
This one appeared as a group of four as an example of limericks in Paul B. Janeczko‘s book,WRITING FUNNY BONE POEMS (Scholastic, 2001): THE PEANUT GUYby April Halprin Wayland The Peanut Guy, he had a dreamWhenever he threw, fans would screamWith each bag he soldA great throw he’d unfoldThey watched him, ignoring their team. This […]
Budding Scholars
Welcome, Flowers.
Write your name on a name tag.
Find a seat …
Music Critic (The Ocean’s Opinion)
This guy drags his drum set onto the sand
so that I have a front row seat …
In the Word Woods
I’m sure there’s a found poem somewhere here.
There usually is this time of year …
Dad in the Pool
We slip through the summery
turquoise
water…
Symmetry
This form is called a Mirror Poem by Joan Bransfield Graham, from whom I learned it in the early ’90s, or a Reverso Poem by Marilyn Singer.